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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNew England Journal of Medicine condemns Trump's response to COVID-19, advocates removal from office
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https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2029812?query=featured_home
Lets be clear about the cost of not taking even simple measures. An outbreak that has disproportionately affected communities of color has exacerbated the tensions associated with inequality. Many of our children are missing school at critical times in their social and intellectual development. The hard work of health care professionals, who have put their lives on the line, has not been used wisely. Our current leadership takes pride in the economy, but while most of the world has opened up to some extent, the United States still suffers from disease rates that have prevented many businesses from reopening, with a resultant loss of hundreds of billions of dollars and millions of jobs. And more than 200,000 Americans have died. Some deaths from Covid-19 were unavoidable. But, although it is impossible to project the precise number of additional American lives lost because of weak and inappropriate government policies, it is at least in the tens of thousands in a pandemic that has already killed more Americans than any conflict since World War II.
Anyone else who recklessly squandered lives and money in this way would be suffering legal consequences. Our leaders have largely claimed immunity for their actions. But this election gives us the power to render judgment. Reasonable people will certainly disagree about the many political positions taken by candidates. But truth is neither liberal nor conservative. When it comes to the response to the largest public health crisis of our time, our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent. We should not abet them and enable the deaths of thousands more Americans by allowing them to keep their jobs.
magicarpet
(14,145 posts)Out voted by such overwhelming margins,... even Putie could not save trDumpie's ass.
malaise
(268,968 posts)Everyone will be jumping ship now - winners have all the parents - suckrs and losers are orphans
zentrum
(9,865 posts)....should read this into the Congressional record.
Joe and Kamela should quote sections in their debates.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)Thekaspervote
(32,762 posts)texasfiddler
(1,990 posts)njhoneybadger
(3,910 posts)Who you gonna believe, some orange painted psycho with a blonde merkin on his head or the New England Journal of Medicine?
underpants
(182,788 posts)but then no one has ever failed as badly as Trump has.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,001 posts)triron
(22,001 posts)liberalla
(9,243 posts)BobTheSubgenius
(11,563 posts)...this isn't a bombshell. This is MOAB.
LymphocyteLover
(5,644 posts)BlueWavePsych
(2,635 posts)PatrickforO
(14,572 posts)Recklessly squandered lives and money. Yes...legal consequences. You're darned tooting!
llashram
(6,265 posts)never in my wildest political dreams could I have foreseen this. This is an important criticism. Of course, it means nothing to that family in the West Wing. But people are going to follow this.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)Let me be clear, the problem has been the Trump misadministration and the Republican led Senate. Democrats at every level of government have been stout in the battle against the Coronavirus.
warmfeet
(3,321 posts)He should be publicly executed for treason. I do not believe in the death penalty. I make an exception in this case.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)he is ACTIVELY HARMING AMERICA
REPUBLICANS NEED TO DO THEIR FUCKING JOBS.
need to locked up too.
LuckyLib
(6,819 posts)busy following the circus.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)Benghazi!!!
911!!!
We need a word than means hypocrisy X a million.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)JudyM
(29,236 posts)We need to USE IT continuously for the rest of this election cycle!